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In the west of Afghanistan are fierce fighting the Afghan army and the Taliban
ITAR-TASS. Violent clashes started on Thursday Western Afghanistan. According to the information currently enrolled there, just one day fighting killed 10's troops and rebels.
According to the vice-governor of the western province of Farah Mohammad Yunus Rasuli, a sharp escalation of the conflict began with a militant attack on a convoy Afghan Army, consisting of 5 cars in the Gulistan district. According to the law had killed three fighter.
In turn, the representative of the movement "Taliban" Qari Yousef Ahmadi told reporters by telephone that "during the attack on the convoy, which was bringing ammunition to foreign military personnel have been killed over 40 Afghan soldiers and officers."
The representative of the international forces to promote security in Afghanistan / ISAF / in Kabul said that in response to an attack Taliban their position in Gulistan were subjected to impact the Air Force coalition. In the operation were also involved Afghan forces and ISAF forces on the ground. As a result, according to the authorities of the Republic, were killed about 30 insurgents, another 15 Taliban injured. At the current time fighting in the last.
Aggravation of the situation in the west Afghanistan, where, in contrast to the southern and eastern regions during the winter relative calm, observers attributed to the gradual transfer of U.S. and NATO forces under the control of Kabul, several provinces of the country.
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There is significant concern in the sporting and medical worlds about the potential long-term cognitive and behavioral consequences for athletes who suffer acute or repeat concussions or multiple "sub-concussive" head impacts — blows to the head not causing symptoms of concussions.
Soccer is the most-popular and fastest-growing sport in the world and, like many contact sports, players are at risk of suffering concussions from collisions on the field.
But researchers warned in a paper published today that not enough attention has been given to the unique aspect of soccer — the purposeful use of the head to control the ball — and the long-term consequences of repetitive heading.
The literature review by Dr. Tom Schweizer, director of the Neuroscience Research Program of St. Michael's Hospital, was published in the journal Brain Injury.
More than 265 million people play soccer worldwide, including 27 million in North America. Due to the nature of the sport, players are particularly vulnerable to head and neck injuries. Most are caused by unintentional or unexpected contact, such as when a player collides with teammates, opponents or the playing surface .
Examining research papers that studied the incidence of concussion in soccer, he found that concussions accounted for 5.8 per cent to 8.6 per cent of total injuries sustained during games. One study found that 62.7 per cent of varsity soccer players had suffered symptoms of a concussion during their playing careers, yet only 19.2 per cent realized it. Another found that 81.8 per cent of athletes who had suffered a concussion had experienced two or more and that players with a history of concussion had a 3.15 times greater odds of sustaining another one than those who had never had a concussion. One study found concussions sustained during soccer accounted for 15 per cent of the total number of concussions in all sports. In particular, girls' soccer accounted for 8.2 per cent of sports-related concussions, the second highest sport after football.
Research papers that looked at the mechanism of injury found 41.1 per cent of concussions resulted from contact by an elbow, arm or hand to the head. One found that 58.3 per cent of concussions occurred during a heading duel. More females suffered concussions from player-to-surface and player-to-ball contact than males who had more player-to-player contact than females.
Defensemen and goalkeepers are at greatest risk of suffering a concussion, the study found. Dr. Schweizer said that for goalkeepers, the risk decreases as they get older and become more aware of where they are at any given time in relation to the goal posts. He said padding goal posts might be one way to reduce concussions in younger players who don't have such a developed sense of spatial relations.
Studies on the long-term effects of heading found greater memory, planning and perceptual deficits in forwards and defenders, players who execute more headers. One study found professional players reporting the highest prevalence of heading during their careers did poorest in tests of verbal and visual memory as well as attention. Another found older or retired soccer players were significantly impaired in conceptual thinking, reaction time and concentration. The few studies that used advanced imaging techniques found physical changes to the brains in players who had concussions.
Monica Maher, a co-author and University of Toronto master's degree student in neuroscience, said the researchers wanted to emphasize possible injury prevention methods.
"Use of protective headgear, limiting heading exposure or stressing proper heading technique in younger children and increasing concussion education are all suggestions to perhaps decrease the incidence of head injury and their subsequent effects in the long run," she said.


It is a condition that, although it does not necessarily occur in all pregnant women, it is favored by some factors of pregnancy, such as weight gain, change in the body´s center of gravity, distension of the abdominal muscles and the action of hormones such as progesterone, which contributes to the relaxation of the ligaments of certain joints in the body, such as the hip and pelvis.
Pregnancy itself does not cause a higher incidence of sciatica, but rather it is a condition that occurs in people who previously had a back injury.
-Practice moderate exercise: Practices such as walking, swimming or yoga contribute to strengthening the abdominal muscles while avoiding a sedentary lifestyle, two factors that help prevent discomfort in the back.
-Control weight in pregnancy: An excessive weight increase causes a greater compression of the sciatic nerve.
– Postural changes: Bad postural habits contribute to the appearance of pain. You must take into account some measures to avoid it: not sitting for long periods of time, do not cross your legs when sitting; stoop always bending the knees; keep your back straight when you sit and walk.
-Mild massage: They help relieve pain and tension in the lower back, especially when accompanied by relaxation and elongation techniques.
-Use appropriate footwear: It is not good that the shoe is completely flat or that it has an excessively high heel. The right measurement is between 3 and 5 cm.
-Put a pillow between your legs when sleeping: To relieve pain if you sleep on your side, or a pillow under your legs if you fall asleep on your back.
-Apply dry heat: When the pain appears, apply heat in the area several times a day. Hot water baths can also be given, as long as the water temperature is not excessively high.
-Avoid self-medication: Never take analgesics or anti-inflammatories without the express authorization of the attending physician.
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REDBOOK Reads: Q&A with Ann Leary
The author of The Good House shares how her childhood informed the novel, her feeling on psychics, and how a literary character can alter your real life behavior.
By Hannah Hickok
Scott M. Lacey
What inspired you to write The Good House, which is quite a departure from your last two books (your memoir An Innocent, A Broad, which chronicles the premature birth of your son while in London; and your novel, Outtakes from a Marriage, about a fictional marriage unraveling after a woman discovers her TV star husband is cheating)?
Several years ago, my husband and I considered buying a rundown house near ours. I knew the owners had many problems — one of which was hoarding animals, so you can imagine the state of the place. I walked through the house with a contractor to see what he thought before we made an offer, and the place was in such squalor that we kept having to go outside for fresh air.
I asked the contractor, who had never met them, "What do you think is wrong with these people?" He replied, without hesitation, "They're alcoholics." I hadn't seen anything that indicated they were alcoholics, but he said he had noticed empty bottles hidden in cupboards, cigarette burns on the counters, and more. Then he said, "I can walk through a house once and tell you more about the people who live there than a psychiatrist could after a year of sessions." I knew then that I wanted to explore this idea that our homes reveal quite a bit about who we are. That contractor's line eventually became, more or less, the first sentence of The Good House.
How did growing up in New England inform your depiction of Wendover as the very vivid fictional setting for The Good House?
My family moved to Marblehead, MA from Racine, WI when I was 14. I remember, very distinctly, the first time we drove into Marblehead. It was almost dark, but I could see that this new, old town had something the Midwestern towns of my youth lacked: character. A wicked lot of character.
Many of my new classmates had lived in Marblehead all their lives, as had their parents and grandparents. I knew kids who were descendants of Marblehead's earliest settlers. They had a shared history that I very much envied. I wanted to be like them — to be "of" a place, rather than a newcomer. I was also aware of the way this town had its own personality, and the way each of the neighboring towns had slightly different personalities, each seemingly formed by the collective quirkiness of the characters who founded them. This book allowed me to live out the fantasy I've always had, of being a real "townie."
Can you tell us a bit about the process of creating such a complex and real character as Hildy Good?
I've had a few Hildy Goods in my life, and there's certainly a little Hildy in me. Originally, Hildy was a minor character in The Good House, who was supposed to narrate the story of a scandal in this small seacoast town, but as I was writing, she kept intruding with her own story. This harsh, critical, often funny, and somehow endearing middle-aged woman with an apparent drinking problem kept butting in with stories about her hometown, childhood, and defensive explanations about her drinking. Finally, I made her not just the narrator, but the main character. It just took me a little while to realize that it was actually Hildy's story that I wanted to tell.
Hildy's gift of "reading" people is a fun glimpse into the psychic process. What are your own beliefs and experience with this type of intuition?
I did a great deal of research into psychics and mediums while writing this book, and my own conclusion is that there are a lot of so called "mind-readers" who are just doing old-fashioned carnival tricks. They're guessing. Reading the body language of others. I think it's especially sad when these types of charlatans prey on individuals who are grieving the loss of a loved one. But I am aware that there are quite a few who seem to be in tune with the spiritual realm in some way or another, and I know that they have brought comfort to many.
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Can you shed some light on Rebecca, the town newcomer's fraught love life, friendships, and influence on Wendover?
Rebecca is beautiful and wealthy, and she's an outsider in the small town of Wendover. She's selfish and narcissistic, and immediately has a run-in with another mother who has a lot on her plate and doesn't have many of the material things that Rebecca takes for granted. Hildy is quite taken with Rebecca, while others envy her. But for all her faults, Rebecca is very empathetic towards animals and children, and though she has difficulty having healthy relationships with men, I wanted to reveal that she's not a villain at all. She's doing the best she can, as are most of the characters in the book.
Can you tell us a little bit about Hildy's relationship with Frank as a "later in life" love story?
I thought it would be fun to write about a passionate affair between two people in their 60s, because it hasn't been done much, though I know many middle-aged people who have fallen in love. Frank was actually Hildy's first lover when they were teens, so when they reunite in the course of this story, the passion is already there. It had just been dormant for many years. I think many people have romantic ideas about their first loves and I wanted to play that out a little.
Who was your favorite character to write about? Who was the hardest for you to relate to?
Hildy was definitely my favorite character to write about. Since she is the narrator, every time I sat down to write, I had to sort of morph into Hildy's character a little in order for her voice to seem authentic. I think it carried over into my life, because when I stepped away from writing each day, I found that I responded to situations with a little bit of Hildy's bemused cynicism. I often have inner dialogues with people I am still angry with, and when I do, it's Hildy's voice that has the clever retorts I wish I had said in real life. I suppose the person who was the hardest for me to relate to is Wendy Heatherton, Hildy's rival real estate broker. Wendy is one of those chatty, bubbly charmers who get on my nerves.
What's the last great book you read?
The last great book I read was Madame Bovary, which I reread last winter during a snowstorm during which we lost power for several days. I hated the book in high school, but when I opened it by candlelight in the middle of that blizzard, I was mesmerized and didn't put it down for days.
Do you have an all-time favorite author or book?
I read one of John Cheever's short stories at least once a month. Certain Cheever stories are like an opiate for me: "The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well;" "The Country Husband;" and "The Post of Gold" are a few that come to mind. I don't know why I find his stories so comforting, as I didn't grow up in a Cheever-esque environment, or during that era. But I just love his humor and his ability to reveal a sort of graciousness and nobility in regular people who might otherwise be considered mundane.
I'm working on another novel set in another part of New England. I don't like to talk about stuff I'm writing, but I'll just say that it's quite different from The Good House.
Do you have any advice for aspiring novelists?
The same advice most writers give: Try to write every day.
Hannah Hickok Hannah Hickok is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn.
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Once again we are approaching the end of the summer. What better way to celebrate than to be surrounded by awesome cosplayers? This year's Anime Evolution is held at UBC. I haven't taken photos for a little bit and was feeling a bit rusty with my photo equipment. Some photos didn't turn out and I apologise to those who posed for me and not seeing their photos posted here. And if you are the cosplayer and would like to get the high-resolution photo, please feel free to contact me by leaving me a comment below.
Updated: photo captions courtesy of Lightning Sabre. Lightning Sabre also posted a Anime Evolution 2010 Cosplay page with lots of cosplayer photos I don't have. Thanks Lightning Sabre!!
Orihime Inoue in the middle, not sure about the others….
Ronald McDonald's daughter? ^^; Sesshoumaru beside her.
Asahina Mikuru battle waitress & Revy from Black Lagoon… or is that Lara Croft?
It was fun seeing so many cosplayers wandering around the UBC campus. Hope to see you all again next year!
I am pretty sure that there is a line up to date her already….
awesome photos Kam. That 4th pic is the best among the bunch.. I think that's Dark Chii???
Thanks Samejima, I think you are right. Can you name the others?
Waoh! You took a lot of pictures! And you found the Nami that I saw when I was lining up at the swimsuit competition but didn't participate!
Thanks for all the captions Lightning Sabre!
You are welcome, and thanks for posing, I had lots of fun. Let me know if you and your friends like the high res version of the photo.
I saw the artist (who is also cosplaying BSR on the 5th picture) in the artist booth (in the SUB). She is stunning and so is her artwork.
I rushed through that area a little too quick, does anyone know if she have a website? Would like to see if they have artwork on there for sale?
Didn't get a chance to check her artwork… ya, I would like to check her artwork if she has it online, too.
I really like Neru's costume!!!


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(Chillicothe, OH, March 26, 2019) – Petland applauds the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) March 21, 2019 announcement seeking public comment on proposed updates to the Animal Welfare Act. The Animal Welfare Act is a federal law that establishes the regulations of commercial dog kennels, dealers, research facilities and exhibitors.
Petland invests heavily in supporting responsible, humane breeders who go above and beyond current standards of care because they love their pets. "In our travels around the country, it is encouraging to see the dramatic improvements responsible USDA breeders have already made to their kennels and in the care provided for their pets," states Watson.


Emanuel Balbo, the Belgrano supporter who was thrown from the stand during Saturday's clásico draw with Talleres, has been announced dead after failing to recover from the severe head trauma suffered.
However, after carrying out these tests in the hope that Balbo may show signs of life, it has been announced that there was nothing more that the medical team could do and he has died in hospital.
Four men have been arrested in relation to the incident but the alleged instigator of the attack, Oscar Gómez is still free.
Gómez was reportedly involved in the death of Balbo's brother four years ago during a street race and when Balbo confronted Gómez at Saturday's clasico, the latter accused Balbo of being a Talleres fan, sparking the violent scenes.
Footage of the incident shows Balbo attempting to flee as a number of supporters punch and chase the 22-year-old before eventually in his effort to escape, he is pushed from above one of the exits down onto the concrete stairs several metres below.
The four detained men could now face attempted murder charges as police continue to hunt for Oscar Gómez and appeal for further witnesses from the stadium.
Belgrano have sent their condolences to Balbo's family on what is a tragic day for the club and Argentine football.


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Relief pitcher
For the video game, see Relief Pitcher (video game).
"Reliever" redirects here. For another use, see relief airport.
Relief pitcher Rheal Cormier warms up in the bullpen during progression of the game.
In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions. Relief pitchers are further divided informally into various roles, such as closers, setup men, middle relief pitchers, left/right-handed specialists, and long relievers. Whereas starting pitchers usually rest several days before pitching in a game again due to the number of pitches thrown, relief pitchers are expected to be more flexible and typically pitch more games but with fewer innings pitched. A team's staff of relievers is normally referred to metonymically as a team's bullpen, which refers to the area where the relievers sit during games, and where they warm-up prior to entering the game.
Pre-bullpen
In the early days of Major League Baseball (MLB), substituting a player was not allowed except for sickness or injury. An ineffective pitcher would switch positions with another player on the field. The first relief appearance in the major leagues was in 1876 with Boston Red Caps outfielder Jack Manning switching positions with pitcher Joe Borden.[1] In this early era, relief pitchers changing from a position role to the pitcher's box in this way were often called "change" pitchers.[2] This strategy of switching players between the mound and the outfield is still occasionally employed in modern baseball, sometimes in long extra inning games where a team is running out of players.[3] In 1889, the first bullpen appearance occurred after rules were changed to allow a player substitution at any time.[4] Early relief pitchers were normally starting pitchers pitching one or two innings in between starts.[5] In 1903, during the second game of the inaugural World Series, Pittsburgh's Bucky Veil became the first relief pitcher in World Series history.
Early modern relievers/"firemen"
Firpo Marberry is credited with being the first prominent reliever. From 1923 to 1935, he pitched in 551 games, 364 of which were in relief. Baseball historian Bill James wrote that Marberry was "a modern reliever—a hard throwing young kid who worked strictly in relief, worked often, and was used to nail down victories."[6] Another reliever, Johnny Murphy, became known as "Fireman" for his effectiveness when inserted into difficult situations ("put out fires") in relief.[7]
Nonetheless, the full-time reliever who was entrusted with important situations was more the exception than the rule at this point. Often, a team's ace starting pitcher was used in between his starts to "close" games. Later research would reveal that Lefty Grove would have been in his league's top three in saves in four different seasons, had that stat been invented at the time.[8]
Gradually after World War II, full-time relievers became more acceptable and standard.[9] The relievers were usually pitchers that were not good enough to be starters.[10] Relievers in the 1950s started to develop oddball pitches to distinguish them from starters.[10] For example, Hoyt Wilhelm threw a knuckleball, and Elroy Face threw a forkball.[11]
In 1969, the pitcher's mound was lowered and umpires were encouraged to call fewer strikes to give batters an advantage. Relief specialists were used to counter the increase in offense.[12]
Closer era
The bullpen car used by the Boston Red Sox to cart relievers into games
Relievers became more respected in the 1970s, and their pay increased due to free agency. All teams began having a closer.[12] The 1980s were the first time in MLB that the number of saves outnumbered complete games. In 1995, there were nearly four saves for every complete game.[13] It is unclear whether the specialization and reliance on relief pitchers led to pitch counts and fewer complete games, or whether pitch counts led to greater use of relievers.[14]
As closers were reduced to one-inning specialists, setup men and middle relievers became more prominent.[15]
In past decades, the relief pitcher was merely an ex-starter who came into a game upon the injury, ineffectiveness, or fatigue of the starting pitcher. The bullpen was for old starters who had lost the ability to throw effectively. Many of these pitchers would be able to flourish in this diminished role. Those such as Dennis Eckersley, as with many others, actually prolonged their tapering careers and often sparked them to new life. The added rest to their arms as well as the lessened exposure of their abilities became an advantage many would learn to capitalize on. Because these pitchers only faced some batters once a season, the opposing side would have greater difficulty preparing to face relief pitchers.
Recently, being a relief pitcher has become more of a career, rather than a reduced position. Many of today's top prospects are considered mainly for their relief pitching skills.[16] In the quest for a managerial edge, managers as time goes on have carried more pitchers in the bullpen, and used them in more specialized situations. Acknowledgment of the platoon edge has prompted managers to ensure that opposing lefty hitters face as many lefty pitchers as possible, and that the same occur with respect to righty hitters and pitchers. Tony La Russa was particularly well known for making frequent pitching changes on this basis.[17]
When Mike Marshall set the all-time record with 106 games pitched in 1974, he threw 208.1 innings.[18] Currently, although some relievers still do appear in a large number of games per season, the workload for each individual pitcher has been much reduced. Since 2008, Pedro Feliciano has three of the top four seasons in games pitched, with 92, 88 and 86. However, Feliciano only averaged 58 innings pitched during those seasons.[19] The last pitcher to throw 100 or more innings in a season without starting a game was Scott Proctor in 2006.[20]
From the mid 2010s onward, MLB teams have given relievers an increasing number of innings at the expense of starters, due to the baseball game moving towards higher variance, and a flexible bullpen does give the manager more options of defending against high risk offensive strategies. In response some teams have spent lots of resources (money, trades) to build up a "super bullpen", nonetheless this is no guarantee of success since the performance of relief pitchers has been shown to fluctuate much more wildly that starting pitchers. For instance the 2016 and 2017 Cleveland Indians had the strongest bullpen in the league, however their bullpen in 2018 struggled and the Indians won their division thanks to the strength of their starting rotation.[21] Similarly the 2019 Washington Nationals won the 2019 World Series in spite of their relief pitching staff having the worst ERA (5.66) that season.[22]
Current relief roles
Pitching staffs on MLB teams have grown from 9 or 10 to as many as 12 or 13 pitchers, due to the increased importance of relief pitching.[23] The staff generally consists of five starting pitchers, with the remaining pitchers assigned as relievers.[24] A team's relief staff usually contains a closer who generally pitches the ninth inning, a setup pitcher who generally pitches the eighth, and a left-handed specialist whose job is to retire left-handed batters. The rest of the bullpen then consists of middle relievers who are used in the remaining situations, and perhaps additional left-handed or right-handed specialists.[25]
The closer is usually the best relief pitcher, followed by the setup man.[26] Players typically get promoted into later-inning roles as they succeed.[27][28] Relievers were previously more multipurpose before becoming one-inning specialists.[28][29]
The setup man and closer will normally only be used to preserve a lead, although they may enter to maintain a close game (where the score is tied or if their team is trailing by only a few runs) particularly in the playoffs. If the team is significantly behind going into the eighth or ninth inning and a relief pitcher is required, usually a middle reliever or two will be chosen to soak up innings, while the setup man and closer are saved for the next time they are needed to preserve a win.[30] The proper use of the bullpen is to avoid using an effective reliever on a low-leverage situation, instead saving them as "fireman" for high-leverage situations (such as bases-loaded, no-outs).[31][32]
In 2018, some MLB teams began experimenting with an opener – a pitcher who is normally a reliever that starts the game for an inning or two before yielding to someone who would normally be a starter. One advantage of this approach is that the opener, who is often a hard-throwing specialist, can be called in to face the most dangerous hitters, who are usually near the top of the batting order, the first time they come to bat.[33] Although the opener has only been formally regarded as a relief role in 2018, managers have sporadically used a reliever before a starter. A good example is Game 6 of the 1990 National League Championship Series when Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland started a set-up man, Ted Power, in order to keep the Cincinnati Reds from employing their successful platoon (Power pitched 2 1⁄3 innings prior to giving way to lefty starter Zane Smith in the third inning) and the strategy worked in holding the Reds to only two runs; to deceive his opponents Leyland had announced the Game 6 starter at a press conference so that the Reds would set their batting order around Smith.[34]
Starting pitchers as relievers
Between their scheduled starts in the rotation, a starting pitcher can be used on short rest for the bullpen. They are sometimes used as relievers when the stakes are higher, such as a game that could decide the division title or an elimination (winner-take all) playoff game. In the current era, starters are typically used in relief situations either early the postseason prior to their scheduled rotation start, or late in the postseason after their last scheduled start (often with "the ultimatum of a series clincher"). However, the 2018 Boston Red Sox under Alex Cora managed their pitching rotation such that a starter was readily available in the bullpen every playoff game.[35]
Regarded as an "universal truth in baseball", "almost every starting pitcher would be better in relief".[36] However, a starter may not necessarily be best used as a "fireman" (to stop a rally) since "the conventional wisdom is that it's unwise to bring a starter in for a relief appearance with men already on base; starting pitchers take longer to warm up than relievers and tend to be most comfortable when coming in at the start of an inning with the bases empty".[37][38]
A good example of starters in relief was in the deciding Game 6 of the 2010 NLCS, where the San Francisco Giants bullpen utilized two starters as well as three regular relievers to get seven scoreless innings.[39] In Game 6 of the 2010 ALCS, manager Joe Girardi was criticized for "managing by formula" in not calling upon ace CC Sabathia and instead going to reliever David Robertson who surrendered several runs that put the game out of reach for the New York Yankees.[40][41]
Starter Madison Bumgarner recorded the longest save in World Series history, pitching five scoreless innings of relief in a Game 7 3-2 victory of the 2014 edition.[42] In the 2018 World Series, starter Nathan Eovaldi, originally slated to pitch Game 4, was inserted in relief during Game 3 which turned into an 18-inning marathon. In making World Series history, he became the first reliever to throw at least six innings after Rick Rhoden did so in 1977, while Eovaldi's 97 pitches set the record for the most by a reliever (and also 36 more pitches than Rick Porcello who had started that game).[43][44][45][46]
In the clinching Games of the 2018 NLCS and 2018 World Series, respectively, aces Clayton Kershaw (for Kenley Jansen) and Chris Sale (for Craig Kimbrel, indeed the other pitcher warming up besides Sale was another starter, Nathan Eovaldi) pitched the ninth-inning in lieu of their team's regular closer. Neither relief entrance was a high pressure situation as their teams were already leading 5-1 entering the 9th; but it gave Sale the opportunity to get the final outs of the series (Sale also got the first outs of the series when he started the opener).[47][48][49][50]
Position players as relievers
In games where a blowout is occurring, position players (non-pitchers) may be substituted in to pitch to save the bullpen for the next game. However, this is a rare occurrence as position players are not truly trained as pitchers, and tend to throw with less velocity and/or accuracy. There is also the increased risk of injury, such as Jose Canseco who suffered a season-ending arm injury after pitching 2 innings in a 1993 game. For these reasons, managers will typically only use a position player as a pitcher in a blowout loss, or in order to avoid a forfeit once they have run out of available pitchers. Typically, the position player also pitched at the high school or collegiate level, as smaller roster sizes at amateur levels forced some position players to pitch, with some were recruited in college also as pitchers, as starters or relievers. Mitch Moreland (Mississippi State), Ryan Rua (Lake Erie College), and J. D. Davis (Cal State Fullerton) all played as both position players and pitchers in their collegiate careers, with Rua and Davis both being closers for their college teams.
Cliff Pennington became the first position player in Major League Baseball history to pitch in a postseason game, which was during Game 4 of the 2015 American League Championship Series.[51][52] The second position player to pitch in the playoffs was Austin Romine during Game 3 of the 2018 American League Division Series.[53][54]
Awards voted to relievers
The Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award and The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award are annually voted on and presented to relievers, with the former being split by league into the "Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award" and the "Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award." The Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award is determined by a statistical formula.
Compared to starting pitchers, most relievers (with the except of closers with large save totals) receive few awards and honors.[55] Historically, setup men were rarely selected to MLB All-Star Games, with the relievers selected usually being closers.[56] A setup man has never won the Cy Young Award or the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award; the highest placements in these respective awards have been achieved by Mariano Rivera who finished third in the voting for the American League (AL) Cy Young Award and twelfth for the AL MVP in 1996, and for the next season he was promoted to closer.[57] Middle reliever Andrew Miller became the first relief pitcher other than a closer to win a League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award when he was voted the 2016 ALCS MVP.
Setup pitchers typically make less than the MLB average salary.[58][59] Relief pitchers further down the line may be journeymen as their individual performances may vary greatly (often specialised to pitch against certain types of batters, such as to right-handed batters only or left-handed batters only), even though their team's relief pitching staff as a whole is overall effective.[60]
The rising importance placed on relief pitchers is evident in the rising star power of the closer. It has gotten to the point where closers are among the biggest stars in the game, with status and salaries on par with starting pitchers. When closers are playing at home, and when they are called into the game to preserve a lead for that last crucial inning or those last couple of outs, many of them trot in from the bullpen to the pitchers mound accompanied by a theme song of their choice. For many years with the Yankees, closer Mariano Rivera entered the game accompanied by Metallica's "Enter Sandman" booming over Yankee Stadium's sound system. When Jonathan Papelbon was with the Red Sox, his entry song was the Dropkick Murphys "Shipping Up to Boston" and Trevor Hoffman entered to the tune of AC/DC's "Hells Bells." [61]
Eight pitchers are currently in the Baseball Hall of Fame chiefly for their accomplishments as relief pitchers: Goose Gossage, Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Bruce Sutter, Dennis Eckersley, Lee Smith, Trevor Hoffman, and Mariano Rivera. Eckersley, who was considered the first modern closer pitching exclusively in ninth inning situations, also had a significant career as a starting pitcher and even threw a no-hitter in 1977. Another pitcher entering the Hall in 2015, John Smoltz, was primarily a starter, but spent four seasons as a reliever.
Jim Konstanty in 1950 was the first reliever to win the MLB Most Valuable Player Award after a then-record 74 games, 16–7 record, 22 saves, and a 2.66 ERA.[62] Mike Marshall in 1974 was the first reliever to win the Cy Young Award after a record 106 games, 15–12 record, 21 saves, and 208 innings pitched.[63] In 1992, Dennis Eckersley was the first modern closer (first player to be used almost exclusively in ninth inning situations)[64][65][66] to win the Cy Young, and since then only one other relief pitcher has won the Cy Young, Éric Gagné in 2003 (also a closer). Three relief pitchers have won both the MVP and Cy Young Awards in one season; Rollie Fingers in 1981, Willie Hernández in 1984, and Eckersley in 1992.
Relievers who have won the Rookie of the Year Award
1976 National Butch Metzger San Diego Padres
1980 National Steve Howe Los Angeles Dodgers
1986 National Todd Worrell St. Louis Cardinals
1989 American Gregg Olson Baltimore Orioles
1999 National Scott Williamson Cincinnati Reds
2000 American Kazuhiro Sasaki Seattle Mariners
2005 American Huston Street Oakland Athletics
2009 American Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics
2010 American Neftalí Feliz Texas Rangers
2011 National Craig Kimbrel Atlanta Braves
Relievers who have won the Cy Young Award
1974 National Mike Marshall Los Angeles Dodgers
1977 American Sparky Lyle New York Yankees
1979 National Bruce Sutter Chicago Cubs
1981 American Rollie Fingers Milwaukee Brewers
1984 American Willie Hernández Detroit Tigers
1987 National Steve Bedrosian Philadelphia Phillies
1989 National Mark Davis San Diego Padres
1992 American Dennis Eckersley Oakland Athletics
2003 National Éric Gagné Los Angeles Dodgers
Relievers who have won the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
1950 National Jim Konstanty Philadelphia Phillies
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This Year in Baseball Awards (including Starting Pitcher, Setup Pitcher, and Closer)
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Sony A6000 review
Sony's new system camera may be tiny – but it packs a big photographic punch
with SELP1650 Lens
27 June 2014 / 11:13MYT
by Sam Kieldsen
The A6000 is Sony's new mid-range compact system camera, a 24.3MP E mount model that replaces the NEX-7 and slots underneath the full-frame A7 series. But its spec and capabilities put it into a bracket that doesn't feel so much mid-range as just-a-little-bit-less-than-top-of-the-range (sorry). Read on to find out why.
Build: Small and sturdy
The A6000 may not be one of Sony's top tier E system cameras but it's still a beautifully made product: not only is it metal-bodied and sturdy as you could hope for something in its price range, it's also surprisingly compact and lightweight considering the inclusion of an APS-C sensor (more on that below). While the camera may be small, its large grip means it doesn't feel awkward or unsteady in the hand.
The dimensions and weight in our spec box below do not take into account whichever lens you've mounted on the camera, but the two we used (a Zeiss 16-70mm zoom and Zeiss 35mm prime) both felt fine and well balanced on the camera. Any E mount lens from Sony or third-party manufacturers will fit, and you can also use A mount DSLR system lenses with autofocus via an adapter.
READ MORE: Stuff's Guide to Photography: Why you need a prime lens, and how to buy one
Photo and video quality: Super stuff
The A6000 comes with a superb Exmor CMOS sensor: it's APS-C in terms of its physical size (so as large as the sensor on most full-size DSLRs) and boasts a resolution of 24.3MP. As we often stress in our camera reviews, more megapixels doesn't mean necessarily mean better performance – but in this case the images we took boast a level of crisp detail and rich, vivid colour you don't often see in system cameras this size.
Because the sensor is physically large the A6000 performs very well in low light conditions, even when you don't pop up the tiny built-in flash. The camera's new BIONZ X image processing engine helps too, doing a fine job of reducing noise where it appears as well as offering a huge ISO range of 100-25600. With a reasonably fast lens attached, you can snap away in very murky conditions and still end the evening with plenty of usably sharp photos.
Speaking of lenses, we should point out that the images we've posted here were taken with Sony's Zeiss Vario-Tesser 16-70mm f/4 zoom and Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f/2.8 prime lenses. Both are significantly pricier than the A6000 body itself. Cheaper E mount lenses may not perform quite as well.
On the video front, the A6000 is able to capture 1080p at 50, 25 or 24fps in either AVCHD or MP4 format. We found the video quality to be excellent and the stereo sound to be clear, even without an external microphone. It's not quite up to the stellar standards of the full-frame Sony A7R, but then the A6000 costs RM4000 less…
READ MORE: Sony A7R review
Usability: View to a thrill
Sony's OLED electronic viewfinders are consistently fantastic, and that's the case here: clamp your eye to the EVF and you're rewarded with a large, bright and pin-sharp image that damn near fools you into thinking you're looking through an optical viewfinder. This, of course, is arguably better than optical, because it can overlay more information on screen and show you a preview of exactly how your shot is going to turn out. If you prefer, you can compose shots using the 3in tilting screen, which works well enough.
The physical controls are small out of necessity, but the mode and adjustment dials are pleasingly chunky, and we didn't have any issues with changing settings on the fly using these and the other buttons.
One thing we have to highlight is the incredible speed and accuracy of the A6000's autofocus. The A7R felt a little quicker to get a lock, but at this point we're talking milliseconds difference, so perhaps we're just subconsciouly assuming the A7R's hefty price tag makes it the speedier. The A6000 has 179 phase-detection focus points and 25 contrast-detection focus points, and between them they allow the camera to focus almost as soon as you start to press the shutter button. We'd say it's faster than any DSLR we've used.
Unlike a lot of system cameras, there's no optical image stabilisation inside the A6000's body. We didn't find it a problem in our few weeks with the camera, as most of Sony's E-mount lenses are either equipped with stabilisation or fast enough to not need it. But if you're using slower, non-stabilised lenses you could notice some blurrier results when shooting handheld.
Sony A6000 tech specs
Sensor: 24.3MP APS-C Exmor CMOS
Max ISO: 25600
Video format: MP4 and AVCHD, 1080p at 60/50, 25 or 24fps
Screen: 3in 921,600-dot LCD
Electronic viewfinder: 1,440,000-dot touch sensitive OLED
Connectivity: Wi-Fi, NFC, micro USB, micro HDMI
Dimensions: 120 x 66.9 x 45.1mm
Connectivity: NFC and Wi-Fi
Like an increasing number of new cameras, Wi-Fi and NFC come included here. Tap your NFC-equipped smartphone or tablet on the side of the A6000 and you can transfer photos wirelessly, as well as use Sony's PlayMemories app to remotely trigger the camera shutter and change some basic settings. Honestly, we can't see many users taking advantage of this feature – it's a bit fiddly and transferring images using a cable is far quicker – but it works a little more reliably here than we've seen on other cameras.
Sony A6000 verdict
Sony has really nailed the concept of a compact system camera with its recent launches: something small enough to carry around almost everywhere you go but with power and features that rival – and in many instances outstrip – what you'd get from a much bulkier DSLR. The A6000 is essentially a DSLR with an (excellent) electronic viewfinder and faster autofocus – but manages to deliver all that in a product half the size of most DSLRs. It's not cheap (at least not once you factor in a lens or two) but it's a user-friendly tool capable of producing truly excellent stills and videos.
Stuff says...
A superb mid-ranger that puts the "compact" into compact system camera
Incredibly fast, accurate autofocus
Tiny, lightweight and sturdy
Big, clear electronic viewfinder
Impressive still and video quality
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Paula van der Zwaan
Paula graduated from the Vlaamse Dance Academy in Belgium in 1989, where she was trained in Ballet, Jazz, Modern Dance and Tap. She has been dancing professionally since the age of 18, performing on European television programs and many authorized stage musicals, including The Fan of Lady Windermere, West Side Story and My Fair Lady, directed by the renowned Filipe La Feria. She has also danced with several dance companies in Greece, Spain and Portugal. She was chosen to perform for Nelson Mandela in Portugal with the company Oficina de Danca directed by Benvindo Fonseca.
Paula taught for 10 years at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center. She also taught Ballet at Belvedere Community center and the Berkeley YMCA for four years before starting her own school. Currently, Paula has over four hundred students under her supervision at the Van Der Zwaan Dance Studio.
Santia Andrews
Santia Andrews graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Major in Dance and Performance Studies and a Minor in Theater and Performance Studies. She has been dancing for over 25 years. Santia is an International Dance Champion, a 14-year California State Talent Competition Winner in Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Creative, Modern, Hip Hop and Productions. She is also a Showstopper Competition Winner, a Showbiz Competition Winner and a former 3-year member of the University of California Dance Team (cheerleading team). During her junior year at Cal, she was accepted into the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive Program in New York and was offered a coaching position at National Dance Alliance (NDA) in Los Angeles. In 2000, Santia was selected as a member of Team USA and traveled to the International Dance Competition in Prague, Czech Republic where they won first place in their Jazz routine.
Emanuel Colombo
Originally from San Cipriano, Argentina, Emanuel Colombo, comes to us via Peru where he has performed on stage and television. He trained at renowned and prestigious institutes such as the IUNA Institute in Buenos Aires and Dactilares in Lima, Peru. Emanuel danced and acted regularly as a cast member on several National Peruvian television shows such as El Gran Show, Operation Triunfo. In 2013, he had his musical theatre debut as Peter, in the Mandragora production of Hadas in Lima, Peru and continued to consistently perform in other productions in the Peruvian theatre. In 2017, he starred as the lead in Los Tres Cerditos y un Lobo No Tan Feroz, in Miami, Florida. Following many other theatre roles, such as Gigi and Pablo, in La Cage Aux Faux, he finally landed in Oakland, California where he recently performed in Ramon Ramos' CubaCaribe, Rawdance, Concept Series: 24, and Hero, Soulskin dance in San Francisco, CA 2018, Parallel Dialogues in Boulder, Colorado. In addition, he has competed in and continues to dance one of his passions, Ballroom Dancing. He currently lives in Oakland where he teaches dance and is delighted to be performing in the Bay Area.
Mario Ponce
Mario has been an instructor for over 15 years and has worked for many dance studios and different unified school districts around the Bay Area. He has also directed many award winning dance companies with accolades such as but not limited to America's Got Talent, Hip Hop International. Mario strives to educate youth through his passion for dance and music.
Theresa Knudson
Theresa is from Orange County, CA and received her ballet training from Lois Ellyn. She has danced professionally with Nouveau Chamber Ballet and Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet in Los Angeles, Wonderbound in Denver, Colorado, and in the Bay area with Oakland Ballet Company, Mark Foehringer Dance Project, Contra Costa Ballet, and others. She studied at summer intensive programs with American Ballet Theatre in New York City, Boston Ballet, Jose Límon West, and Ballet Austin.
Theresa has been teaching for over 10 years. She has been on faculty at the Lois Ellyn Ballet Studio, Academy of American Ballet in Redwood City and Van der Zwaan Dance studio, and has been a guest teacher at schools across California including Orinda Ballet Academy and San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy.
Michelle Lynch
MICHELLE TARA LYNCH hails from Los Alamos, New Mexico. She earned a BA in Environmental Science and a BFA in Dance from the University of California, Santa Barbara. While at UCSB, she received the Patricia Sparrow Dance Scholarship, the Tonia Shimin Award for Excellence and Promise in the Field of Dance, and began her professional performing career with Nebula Dance Lab. Michelle then moved to New York City, where she was a company member and instructor for Jennifer Muller/The Works for five seasons, until moving to the Bay Area. While with JMTW, she had the privilege of touring throughout the United States, as well as internationally in China, and Italy. Michelle also worked as an assistant to Jennifer Muller in her teaching, including residencies at the University of California, Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, and Jacksonville University. Michelle taught regular technique classes to JMTW company members, scholarship students, and apprentices. She also coordinated programs for young choreographers, and taught creative workshops for elementary schools. Outside of her work with JMTW, Michelle presented her own choreography in California at the HH11 Festival in Santa Barbara, as well as in New York at such venues as Greenspace, Hatch Series, and Columbia University. Michelle moved to the Bay Area in 2018, and currently teaches at several studios, including Van der Zwaan Dance, ODC, and Castro Valley Performing Arts.


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Der Bezirk Bruneck (auch: Brunecken) war ein Politischer Bezirk in der Gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol. Der Bezirk umfasste Gebiete im östlichen Südtirol. Sitz der Bezirkshauptmannschaft war die Gemeinde Bruneck. Das Gebiet wurde nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Italien zugeschlagen.

Geschichte
Die modernen, politischen Bezirke der Habsburgermonarchie wurden 1868 im Zuge der Trennung der politischen von der judikativen Verwaltung geschaffen.

Der Bezirk Bruneck wurde dabei 1868 aus den vier Gerichtsbezirken Bruneck, Enneberg, Taufers und Welsberg gebildet. Im Bezirk Bruneck lebten 1869 35.223 Personen, wobei der Bezirk 5.323 Häuser beherbergte und 31,88 Quadratmeilen umfasste.

Der Bezirk Bruneck umfasste 1910 eine Fläche von 1837,59 km² und beherbergte eine Bevölkerung von 36.354 Personen, davon hatten 29.481 Deutsch, 5.594 Italienisch oder Ladinisch und 1.279 eine andere Sprache als Umgangssprache angegeben oder waren Staatsfremde. Der Bezirk bestand 1910 aus vier Gerichtsbezirken mit 57 Gemeinden.

Im frühen 19. Jahrhundert fungierte Paul von Sternbach für den Brunecker Bezirk als Landesausschussmitglied und von 1902 bis 1918 als Abgeordneter im Tiroler Landtag.

Durch die Grenzbestimmungen des am 10. September 1919 abgeschlossenen Vertrages von Saint-Germain wurde der Bezirk Bruneck zur Gänze Italien zugeschlagen.

Gemeinden
Der Bezirk Bruneck umfasste Ende Oktober 1916 die 57 Gemeinden Campill (Longarü), Corvara, Dietenheim-Luns, Ehrenburg, Ellen, Enneberg (Mareo), Gais, Getzenberg, Greinwalden, Issing, Kematen, Kiens, Hofern, St. Sigmund, Collfuschg (Colfosc), Lappach, Luttach, Monthal, Mühlbach, Mühlen, Mühlwald, Niederdorf, Niederrasen, Oberrasen, Obervintl,
Olang, Onach, Percha, Pfalzen, Pichl, Prags, Prettau, Rain, Reischach, Sand, St. Georgen, Sankt Jakob in Ahrn, Sankt Johann in Ahrn, St. Lorenzen, Sankt Peter in Ahrn, St. Magdalena in Gsies, St. Martin in Gsies, St. Martin in Thurn (San Martin), Terenten, Pichlern, Tesselberg, Toblach, Uttenheim, Taisten, Welsberg, Welschellen (Rina) und Wengen (La Val).

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Literatur
 k. k. Statistische Central-Commission (Hrsg.): Orts-Repertorium der gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol und Vorarlberg. Auf Grund der Volkszählung vom 31. December 1869 bearbeitet. Innsbruck 1873
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Aufgelöst 1920
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* First column is Average Total Corners per Match for matches involving FC Schalke 04. 2nd column is for Manchester City FC.
* First column is Average Total Cards per Match for matches involving FC Schalke 04 (Includes Opponent team cards). 2nd column is for Manchester City FC.
There is a High Chance that Schalke 04 will score a goal based on our data.
There is an Uncertainty whether Manchester City will score a goal based on our data.
Match offsides is calculated as the sum of FC Schalke 04's average Team Offsides and Manchester City FC's average Team Offsides throughout the UEFA Champions League 2018/19 season.
On 20th February 2019, Schalke 04 played Manchester City in UEFA Champions League. The match ended 2 - 3 to Manchester City.
Since this match is over, we suggest you check out the head to head statistics for the next meeting between Schalke 04 and Manchester City.


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""" Benchmarks for fast squashing

Run all benchmarks with::

    import dipy.reconst as dire
    dire.bench()

With Pytest, Run this benchmark with:

    pytest -svv -c bench.ini /path/to/bench_squash.py
"""

from functools import reduce

import numpy as np

from dipy.core.ndindex import ndindex

from dipy.reconst.quick_squash import quick_squash

from numpy.testing import measure, dec

def old_squash(arr, mask=None, fill=0):
    """Try and make a standard array from an object array

    This function takes an object array and attempts to convert it to a more
    useful dtype. If array can be converted to a better dtype, Nones are
    replaced by `fill`. To make the behaviour of this function more clear, here
    are the most common cases:

    1.  `arr` is an array of scalars of type `T`. Returns an array like
        `arr.astype(T)`
    2.  `arr` is an array of arrays. All items in `arr` have the same shape
        `S`. Returns an array with shape `arr.shape + S`.
    3.  `arr` is an array of arrays of different shapes. Returns `arr`.
    4.  Items in `arr` are not ndarrys or scalars. Returns `arr`.

    Parameters
    ----------
    arr : array, dtype=object
        The array to be converted.
    mask : array, dtype=bool, optional
        Where arr has Nones.
    fill : number, optional
        Nones are replaced by fill.

    Returns
    -------
    result : array

    Examples
    --------
    >>> arr = np.empty(3, dtype=object)
    >>> arr.fill(2)
    >>> old_squash(arr)
    array([2, 2, 2])
    >>> arr[0] = None
    >>> old_squash(arr)
    array([0, 2, 2])
    >>> arr.fill(np.ones(2))
    >>> r = old_squash(arr)
    >>> r.shape == (3, 2)
    True
    >>> r.dtype
    dtype('float64')
    """
    if mask is None:
        mask = np.vectorize(lambda x : x is not None)(arr)
    not_none = arr[mask]
    # all None, just return arr
    if not_none.size == 0:
        return arr
    first = not_none[0]
    # If the first item is an ndarray
    if type(first) is np.ndarray:
        shape = first.shape
        try:
            # Check the shapes of all items
            all_same_shape = all(item.shape == shape for item in not_none)
        except AttributeError:
            return arr
        # If items have different shapes just return arr
        if not all_same_shape:
            return arr
        # Find common dtype.  np.result_type can do this more simply, but it is
        # only available for numpy 1.6.0
        dtypes = set(a.dtype for a in not_none)
        tiny_arrs = [np.zeros((1,), dtype=dt) for dt in dtypes]
        dtype = reduce(np.add, tiny_arrs).dtype
        # Create output array and fill
        result = np.empty(arr.shape + shape, dtype=dtype)
        result.fill(fill)
        for ijk in ndindex(arr.shape):
            if mask[ijk]:
                result[ijk] = arr[ijk]
        return result

    # If the first item is a scalar
    elif np.isscalar(first):
        "first is not an ndarray"
        all_scalars = all(np.isscalar(item) for item in not_none)
        if not all_scalars:
            return arr
        # See comment about np.result_type above. We sum against the smallest
        # possible type, bool, and let numpy type promotion find the best
        # common type. The values might all be Python scalars so we need to
        # cast to numpy type at the end to be sure of having a dtype.
        dtype = np.asarray(sum(not_none, False)).dtype
        temp = arr.copy()
        temp[~mask] = fill
        return temp.astype(dtype)
    else:
        return arr

def bench_quick_squash():
    repeat = 10
    shape = (300, 200)
    arrs = np.zeros(shape, dtype=object)
    scalars = np.zeros(shape, dtype=object)
    for ijk in ndindex(arrs.shape):
        arrs[ijk] = np.ones((3, 5))
        scalars[ijk] = np.float32(0)
    print('\nSquashing benchmarks')
    for name, objs in (
        ('floats', np.zeros(shape, float).astype(object)),
        ('ints', np.zeros(shape, int).astype(object)),
        ('arrays', arrs),
        ('scalars', scalars),
    ):
        print(name)
        timed0 = measure("quick_squash(objs)", repeat)
        timed1 = measure("old_squash(objs)", repeat)
        print("fast %4.2f; slow %4.2f" % (timed0, timed1))
        objs[50, 50] = None
        timed0 = measure("quick_squash(objs)", repeat)
        timed1 = measure("old_squash(objs)", repeat)
        print("With None: fast %4.2f; slow %4.2f" % (timed0, timed1))
        timed0 = measure("quick_squash(objs, msk)", repeat)
        timed1 = measure("old_squash(objs, msk)", repeat)
        print("With mask: fast %4.2f; slow %4.2f" % (timed0, timed1))
        objs[50, 50] = np.float32(0)
        timed0 = measure("quick_squash(objs, msk)", repeat)
        timed1 = measure("old_squash(objs, msk)", repeat)
        print("Other dtype: fast %4.2f; slow %4.2f" % (timed0, timed1))

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Were you to research Indonesia, you might get the wrong impression of my current living conditions. The country has a massive population — perpetual news reports about terrible congestion in the urban centres. Combined with conservative ideals — and even Sharia Law on certain islands? You could assume that a tourist with hippy morals wouldn't feel too cozy.
Yes, Java is congested, and some islands are more Islamic. But the archipelago stretches far. And I'm living on Bali. Which might as well be the other side of the world.
Bali's density is about half of Penang's, with most of its people around the beaches in the south. Living in the middle of the island feels like countryside. Well, tropical countryside. Palm trees and rice fields stretch to the ever-blue horizon. Bamboo forests cover any untilled soil, which are home to many species for David Attenborough enthusiasts — and even some cheeky monkeys for the rest of us.
And unlike the rest of the country, Bali is devoutly Hindu. But its own flavour of Hinduism — mixing the traditional Indian religion with ancient tribal animalism. Everything has its own a special day — from the dog to the car — so it's common to see processions along the streets. And every house has a private temple in its backyard (no really, a big one!), with additional community and tourist temples for a traveler to stumble into.
Any complaints thus far? Well, the stray dogs can be scary at night — but motorbike revs scare them easily enough. No, my biggest annoyance is that I might be here twenty years too late. Tourists, mostly Australians, are about the only people you'll see who aren't working in the tourism industry itself. From the southern beaches filled with drunken eighteen year olds, to the family vacations you'll find around Ubud, it seems the whole place is just Australia's getaway — a Disneyland downunder. And the prices match.
I'm excited to climb the volcano, to frolic on white pebbles and swim in the turquoise ocean, to take a cooking class, and to have a temple tour. But it's not quite as adventurous as I'd like — being the final destination on the Southeast Asia tour.
You're probably screaming at your screen. How can I complain that it's too perfect? I should just appreciate it while I'm here, I guess. Fine then. Have it your way. Off to get a foot massage. See you next week!


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namespace bp = boost::python;

void register_free_functions(){

    { //::osgManipulator::computeNodePathToRoot

        typedef void ( *computeNodePathToRoot_function_type )( ::osg::Node &,::osg::NodePath & );

        bp::def(
            "computeNodePathToRoot"
            , computeNodePathToRoot_function_type( &::osgManipulator::computeNodePathToRoot )
            , ( bp::arg("node"), bp::arg("np") )
            , " Computes the nodepath from the given node all the way upto the root." );

    }

    { //::osgManipulatorGetLibraryName

        typedef char const * ( *osgManipulatorGetLibraryName_function_type )(  );

        bp::def(
            "osgManipulatorGetLibraryName"
            , osgManipulatorGetLibraryName_function_type( &::osgManipulatorGetLibraryName )
            , " osgManipulatorGetLibraryName() returns the library name in human friendly form." );

    }

    { //::osgManipulatorGetVersion

        typedef char const * ( *osgManipulatorGetVersion_function_type )(  );

        bp::def(
            "osgManipulatorGetVersion"
            , osgManipulatorGetVersion_function_type( &::osgManipulatorGetVersion )
            , " osgManipulatorGetVersion() returns the library version number.\n Numbering convention : OpenSceneGraph-1.0 will return 1.0 from osgManipulatorGetVersion.\n\n This C function can be also used to check for the existence of the OpenSceneGraph\n library using autoconf and its m4 macro AC_CHECK_LIB.\n\n Here is the code to add to your configure.in:\n Verbatim:\n #\n # Check for the OpenSceneGraph (OSG) Manipulator library\n #\n AC_CHECK_LIB(osg, osgManipulatorGetVersion, ,\n    [AC_MSG_ERROR(OpenSceneGraph Manipulator library not found. See http://www.openscenegraph.org)],)\n E:ndverbatim" );

    }

    { //::osgManipulator::setDrawableToAlwaysCull

        typedef void ( *setDrawableToAlwaysCull_function_type )( ::osg::Drawable & );

        bp::def(
            "setDrawableToAlwaysCull"
            , setDrawableToAlwaysCull_function_type( &::osgManipulator::setDrawableToAlwaysCull )
            , ( bp::arg("drawable") )
            , " Culls the drawable all the time. Used by draggers to have invisible geometry\n around lines and points so that they can be picked. For example, a dragger\n could have a line with an invisible cylinder around it to enable picking on\n that line." );

    }

    { //::osgManipulator::setMaterialColor

        typedef void ( *setMaterialColor_function_type )( ::osg::Vec4 const &,::osg::Node & );

        bp::def(
            "setMaterialColor"
            , setMaterialColor_function_type( &::osgManipulator::setMaterialColor )
            , ( bp::arg("color"), bp::arg("node") )
            , " Convenience function for setting the material color on a node." );

    }

}


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1.5M raised in seed funding for GitLab to accelerate growth and expand operations
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Jul 9, 2015 · 3 min read · Leave a comment
GitLab started as a on-premises software where Dmitriy could put his repositories. Open-source; built by and for developers, our community grew quickly to hundreds of contributors world-wide.
Today, over a hundred thousands organizations are using GitLab to build software that puts people in space (NASA, SpaceX), helps discover new particles (CERN) and move computing forward (IBM, Qualcomm), among many others. These organizations and many individual contributors hack on, contribute and help GitLab become better every single day.
It is our goal to become the default solution for anyone building software and working together. The excitement and passion of our community has convinced us that open-source is the way forward. We want to accelerate our growth and expand operations so we can reach more people and build an even better GitLab.
In the effort to reach our goal, we are excited to announce that we have raised $1.5M in seed funding led by Khosla Ventures, 500 Startups, Crunchfund, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher), and Liquid 2 Ventures (Joe Montana).
Building an Open-Source Company
The popularity of GitLab as an open-source project made it possible to found a company. By selling support and later GitLab Enterprise Edition we were able to grow a company that was able to support GitLab for large enterprises by integrating with their own software, while still giving back to the community new features in every release of GitLab CE and a completely free hosted service in the form of GitLab.com .
These moves made it possible for the majority of our team to nerd-out in Silicon Valley at Y Combinator at the start of this year, where we learned a lot about business and growth, and got motivated by the enthusiasm and ambition of our batch-mates.
By now, we knew we wanted to go above and beyond what we had done so far and make GitLab bigger and better for everyone, which is why we've started working together with some amazing investors.
Vinod Khosla, founder and partner of Khosla Ventures said this about us:
"There's a big market demand for more open-source solutions that allow engineers to create, review, and deploy code enabling their teams to build better products faster."
"We invested in GitLab because it meets this demand by allowing engineers to more easily review each other's work, collaborate, and merge good input, thereby accelerating the iterative process behind creating products."
We're all very excited with this opportunity our investors have given us. It means we can accelerate growth and scale our US operations, which includes the recent opening of a new Experience Center in San Francisco (don't worry, we're still remote!).
Sytse "Sid" Sijbrandij, our CEO said:
"The GitLab team is thrilled to have such an experienced and respected group of investors. We started GitLab with a dream to become the default solution for developers to create better products together, faster."
"Enterprise technology is being replaced by open-source technology, and this seed round of funding will help us accelerate our growth and build our sales and marketing team in San Francisco to work more closely with current and new clients."
Thank you for believing in us
We'd like to thank our amazing community that has contributed major features, bug fixes, documentation updates and more than we can ever return. We owe GitLab's existence to your enthusiasm, drive and hard work.
Thank you to our team, that has been working hard every single day and feels more like a highly distributed, international family than a company. We especially like to thank the core team members that are not with GitLab Inc: Nihad Abbasov, Robert Schilling, Hannes Rosenögger, Achilleas Pipinellis, Stan Hu, Jeroen van Baarsen and Drew Blessing.
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By Richard Jackson, Message Dynamics Added 1st October, 2019
Patient Monitor provides virtual consultations and is being used by a number of NHS trusts. There are three main uses of Patient Monitor:
1) Reducing avoidable admissions
These consultations allow clinicians to regularly monitor patients with long-term conditions, as a result significantly reducing avoidable admissions. In COPD the savings are £1,500 p.a. per patient.
2) Reducing outpatient appointments
The service reduces the number of outpatient appointments by nearly 50% and dramatically reduces DNAs.
3) Reducing pre-op appointments.
By remotely contacting patients we are able to prevent patients having to come in for unnecessary pre-op appointments if their surgery has been delayed.
Patient Monitor provides virtual consultations via either an app or an automated phone call. Patients choose which communication medium they prefer. It has been used very successfully in the NHS for over five years. The service is easy to use and gets high satisfaction ratings from both patients and staff.
The consultations are conducted using a set of questions agreed with the clinicians. Patient Monitor uses conditional logic, so the answer to a question dictates what the next question should be. The answers patients provide are triaged within the system and clinicains are notified of patients at risk. These notifications can be via SMS, email or the system portal.
The service can be used as a stand-alone service or integrated with the hospital's own systems. There is a standard HL7 interface that allows integration with NHS systems.
NICE has used two Patient Monitor case studies, one by LSE and the other by Bucks New University, as examples of the evidence that is required by the the Evidence Standards Framework for Digital Heath Technologies. Summaries of these case studies can be found on page 26 of the NICE report which is available at the following address:
https://www.nice.org.uk/Media/Default/About/what-we-do/our-programmes/ev...
These case studies show very significant cost savings and also demonstrated the service improves patient safety and patient self-management.
NICE has identified the service as being a "low financial commitment", because it only costs £1 a week to monitor a patient.
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We took advantage of the beautiful weather today and got some yard work done.
I probably over did it considering I just head surgery on my head Friday, but it was a welcome distraction from thinking about the fact that someone drilled a hole in my head.
Speaking of that, I forgot to mention that I when I checked in for my surgery I told the receptionist "I hear this is the place to come if you need another hole in your head."
After all these years, the phrase "I need that like I need another hole in my head" was applicable.
Not much else of substance to report. I still feel like I got hit on side of the head with the baseball bat, but it's going to be one of those things that isn't going to matter a year from now. I think someone mentioned that at least I hd painkillers, but it turns most of them are norco based and guess who is allergic to norcos.
It's a thing and I'll get through it. Plus, I have these two little people to keep me entertained and not worry about the pain.
I just love the look Hayden is giving her big brother.
Take care. Talk to you tomorrow.
Yard work is always a great distraction. Kids are a better one though. Feel better soon.
Hayden is learning fast that brothers deserve 'the look'.
Hope your pain lessens soon.
My brother always looked at me like I was bacteria.


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Truchsess war ein Hofamt in der mittelalterlichen Hofgesellschaft für den obersten Aufseher über die fürstliche Tafel. Der Ausdruck stammt von  (, , , , , ), niederdeutsch Drost(e). Das Truchsessenamt gehört wie Marschall, Schenk und Kämmerer zu den höchsten Hofämtern.

Charakteristik
Es war ursprünglich die Bezeichnung für den obersten Aufseher über die fürstliche Tafel, später für den Vorsteher der Hofhaltung. Im Laufe der Zeit erhielt das Amt weitere einflussreiche Funktionen. Zahlreiche Familien nahmen die Amtsbezeichnung als festen Bestandteil in den eigenen Familiennamen auf (siehe Adelsgeschlechter Truchseß und Droste). Dem Amt entspricht der französische Seneschall oder auch der englische und schottische steward.

Im Heiligen Römischen Reich hatte seit der Krönung Ottos I. ein Fürst als Truchsess die erste Schüssel auf die Tafel des Kaisers zu setzen. Wie die übrigen Erzämter wurde auch dieses später erblich und mit einem Kurfürstentum verbunden, das Erztruchsessamt mit der Kurpfalz. Als Friedrich V. von der Pfalz 1623 die Kur verlor, fiel das Erztruchsessamt an Bayern und 1706 infolge der Ächtung des Kurfürsten von Bayern wieder an die Kurpfalz, 1744 erneut an das Kurfürstentum Bayern, das das Amt bis zur Auflösung des Reiches 1806 ausübte. Bei höfischen Zeremonien wie der Krönung der römisch-deutschen Könige und Kaiser wurden die Kurfürsten als Inhaber der Erzämter von Grafen als Inhaber der entsprechenden Erbämter vertreten, so die Erztruchsesse von den Reichserbtruchsessen, den Grafen von Waldburg, die zugleich auch als Erbküchenmeister fungierten. Auch am Hof von Reichsfürsten wie z. B. des Fürstbischofs von Münster und Domkapiteln gab es erbliche Ämter als Truchsess/Drost.

Etymologie
Bezüge reichen bis ins 10. Jahrhundert zurück, so in althochdeutsch truh(t)sazo oder truh(t)sezzo, mittelhochdeutsch truh(t)säze und mittelniederdeutsch droste bzw. drotsete. Der Begriff ist zusammengesetzt aus druhti "Schar" – gemeint ist hauptsächlich das Gefolge eines Fürsten – bzw. truht oder druht "Gefolgschaft leisten" und säze "sitzen" (vgl. Sasse wie etwa in Freisasse, Landsasse und Hintersasse) und trägt folglich die Bedeutung "jemand, der in der Gefolgschaft sitzt" bzw. – möglicherweise auch schon ursprünglich – "der der Gefolgschaft vorsteht".

Besonderheiten in Österreich-Ungarn

Wie bei den Kammerherrn (in Österreich und Bayern Kämmerer) wandelte sich auch bei den Mundschenken, Vorschneidern und Truchsessen das ursprünglich entgeltliche und einen dauerhaften Aufenthalt am Hofstaat der Habsburger bedingende Amt in einen Ehrendienst von Haus aus um. Doch war die Zahl dieser Hofwürdenträger niemals nur annähernd so groß wie jene der Kämmerer. Als mit dem Aufkommen des Gebrauches der Gabel das Zerlegen der Fleischstücke nicht mehr im Speisesaal, sondern in der Küche geschah, wurden Vorschneider überhaupt nicht mehr ernannt. Ebenso wurde von der Bestellung von Mundschenken abgesehen.

Die Truchsessen, zu deren Erlangung auch erworbener inländischer Adel genügte, gehörten aber weiterhin zur "Tafelpartie" und unterstanden als solche dem Obersthofmeister, von dem sie auch beeidigt wurden.

Gehörte der Bewerber um die Truchsessenwürde dem Beamtenstand an, so musste er wenigstens kaiserlicher oder königlicher Rat oder Hof- (Ministerial-)Sekretär sein. War derselbe nicht angestellt, so musste er sonst eine ehrenvolle soziale Stellung einnehmen. Vor der Beeidigung hatte sich der ernannte Truchsess mit dem Erlag der vorgeschriebenen Taxe (Gebühr) auszuweisen, worauf ihm auch das Truchsessenehrenzeichen ausgefolgt wurde.

Die Truchsessen waren gleich den Kämmerern Hofwürden. Sie waren zur Hoffolge verpflichtet, rangierten nach den Kämmerern, wurden "zur Tafel bedienung oder bey Festins zu Commissiarienstellen gebraucht", hatten den Vorzug "den Hof zu Corteggiren" und traten insbesondere bei der Zeremonie der "Speisung" am Gründonnerstag in Funktion. Truchsess war demnach ebenso wenig wie Kämmerer ein bloßer Ehrentitel, sondern ein zu Dienstleistungen verpflichtendes und durch Eid bekräftigtes Dienstverhältnis, das im Taxpatent direkt als "Ehrenamt" bezeichnet wurde. Andererseits war auch die Truchsessenwürde keine staatliche "Auszeichnung", sondern eine dem Hofrecht angehörende Dienst- und Ehrenverleihung.

Literatur
  (Wiener staatswissenschaftliche Studien; Bd. 14).

Weblinks

 Begriffsklärung bei Zeno.org.

Einzelnachweise

Adel
Historische Amtsbezeichnung
Recht (Mittelalter)

Hofamt

nl:Baljuw
zh:光禄寺


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He reminded me of how important Buddhism was (and is) to my own thinking and comprehension of my experience. The Buddha's First Sermon in the Deer Park was the first religious text I read (of my own volition) at the tender age (or precocious) of thirteen and its realization of suffering, its causes and its cessation was and remains a deep revelation of truth.
If I did not take a Buddhist path, it was because I had been claimed by a different, but complementary path, I had in George Fox's inimitable words discovered one who spoke intimately to my condition: Christ as inner light.
That the two are doctrinally apart is an exoteric truth, that they join at an esoteric level is equally true. Both encompass that vulnerability to what is from which flows abiding compassion. It is beautifully captured in this icon of their greeting.
Both stand upon their respective truths - of dharma and logos - that circulate their patterns of discipline and form that fully entered into are saving vehicles and yet beyond that, beyond the vehicle is the destination, they embrace. They recognize each other. We may embark, necessarily, on different journeys, require often radically different methods, but the destination is the same.
They are all within you"
From 'The Gospel According to Zen', Robert Sohl and Audrey Carr.
As lent to you in those dismal hall of residence rooms.
I do not remember "The Gospel According to Zen"! But much of the thinking that has stood the test of time was initiated in reading (and conversation) in those 'dismal halls'!
Can you please tell us about the painting.
I wish I could. I saw the image at a Roman Catholic convent in England looked after by an order from India and took the picture but sadly I do not know its origin and who painted it! I am spurred by your question to see if I can find out!
Me too around same time. Guess you'll have paired it with P Yogananda too?
No, I did not. I have Yogananda on a shelf shelf somewhere but have never read him!
Can you tell me who the artist is, who made this image? I've been searching for a print of it, unsuccessfully. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
I am afraid I do not! If you find out let us know!